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DECEMBER 26, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN PASSES DEATH SENTENCE ON 'ISRAELI SPY'
Iran sentenced an unidentified man to death for syping for Israel, the semiofficial Mehr
- DECEMBER 25, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN MURDER CASE
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Bhulwal...
DECEMBER 25, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SEVEN PEOPLE HANGED
According to the news from Iran, seven prisoners were hanged in three different Iranian towns early on the Christmas day.
- DECEMBER 24, 2010SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Egypt's independent Al-Shuruq daily said a Syrian chemist...
Egypt's independent Al-Shuruq daily said a Syrian chemist...
- DECEMBER 24, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: INDONESIAN WOMAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Malaysian High Court Judge Dr Badariah Sahamid sentenced indonesian woman
- DECEMBER 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: GUNFIGHT DEATH PENALTY
in China, the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced gang leaders Zhang Hongfu, Liu Xiaohua and Ai Daiqing to death for crimes including murder, drug dealing, illegally manufacturing firearms and ammunition and illegally possessing firearms.
- DECEMBER 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERS
Kang Shaowen, 48, from Xuzhou City in Jiangsu Province...
- DECEMBER 23, 2010AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR SUICIDE BOMBING
Walide Zeghina, 28, was sentenced to death in Algeria for a 2007 suicide bombing aimed at president Abdelaziz Bouteflika that left 26 people dead.
- DECEMBER 23, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR MURDERS IN 7 MONTHS
Singrauli, India, Additional District Judge P C Gupta sentenced Santosh Singh to death for murdering Gulam Mohammad's wife and son on May 7, 2010...
DECEMBER 23, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MILITANT'S DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO JAIL TERM
Judge Abdullah Abu Hashem of the Egyptian state security court commuted
DECEMBER 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 9 EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
China executed at least nine people for drug-related crimes in the
- DECEMBER 22, 2010OregonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oregon. A jury unanimously recommended that both Bruce and Joshua Turnidge be put to death
USA - Oregon. A jury unanimously recommended that both Bruce and Joshua Turnidge be put to death
- DECEMBER 22, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MURDER
Malaysian High Court Judge Datuk Mohd Yazid Mustafa sentenced M. Nagarajan
DECEMBER 22, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTYSAUDI BEHEADS BANGLADESHI CONVICTED OF MURDER
Saudi Arabia beheaded Bangladeshi national Kirun Abdelghani in Jeddah
DECEMBER 22, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY: THE CHAMBERS APPROVES ZAMPARUTTI MOTION AGAINST PENTOTAL EXPORTATION FOR LETHAL INJECTION
today, the Chamber of Deputies approved the motion presented by Radical parliamentarian
- DECEMBER 21, 2010JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: DRIVER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING HIS FORMER EMPLOYER
the Criminal Court in Jordan, comprising judges Nayef...
- DECEMBER 21, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMENI AUTHORITIES CALLED UPON TO COMMUTE JUVENILE OFFENDER'S DEATH SENTENCE
Amnesty International called upon the Yemeni authorities to halt the imminent execution of a young man for a crime he is alleged to have committed at the age of 15.
DECEMBER 21, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF COMPATRIOT
A Saudi man sentenced to death for killing a fellow citizen was beheaded
DECEMBER 21, 2010United NationsDEATH PENALTYNEW RESOLUTION APPROVED BY THE UN. THE PRO MORATORIUM FRONT GROWS
The United Nations General Assembly approved a new resolution in favour of a universal moratorium on the death penalty. It is the third time after the historic resolution approved in December 2007 and then again in December 2008.
- DECEMBER 20, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 6 GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING COUPLE AND THEIR SON
in Kashiramnagar, India, Additional District Justice Bani Singh Hirak sentenced 6 people to death for conspiring to murder for land in the district on February 25, 2009.
- DECEMBER 20, 2010JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA: MAN BEATS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
Peter Dougal, 41, farmer and construction worker of Santoy district, had his 2007 death sentence for murdering former Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association president Lloyd G. Brown...
- DECEMBER 20, 2010JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA: MAN BEATS DEATH SENTENCE
Kingston labourer Peter Dougal, 41, had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment by the Jamaican Court of Appeal. He was sentenced for murdering Lloyd G. Brown, and his fiancée, Sandra Campbell in St Andrew on June 5, 2005.
- DECEMBER 20, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Californa. A jury sentenced Melvin Forte, 60, black, to death
USA - Californa. A jury sentenced Melvin Forte, 60, black, to death
- DECEMBER 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 11 MEN HANGED IN ZAHEDAN
eleven men were hanged in the south-eastern Iranian city of Zahedan (capital of Baluchestan
- DECEMBER 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: WOMAN HANGED FOR MURDERS
According to the Iranian daily Asr-e-Iran, a young woman identified as Mahin Ghadiri
- DECEMBER 20, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: CRIMINAL LAW DRAFT AMENDMENT UNCHANGED IN REDUCING NUMBER OF CRIMES SUBJECT TO DEATH PENALTY
A draft amendment to China's Criminal Law remained unchanged in reducing
- DECEMBER 20, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Executions Down 12% Nationwide; Death Sentences Near Historic Lows in 2010
USA - Executions Down 12% Nationwide; Death Sentences Near Historic Lows in 2010
- DECEMBER 20, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALIAN HOSPIRA AFFILIATE GUARANTEE ON PENTOTAL
the Italian heads of American company Hospira have made themselves widely available to collaborate with Italian authorities, accepting that the production and sale of Pentotal will be exclusively authorised for medical purposes.
DECEMBER 20, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTYHANDS OFF CAIN: MINISTER FRATTINI ACTS ON PENTOTAL
"We take satisfaction in the commitment by minister Franco Frattini to stop the Pe
DECEMBER 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 12 PEOPLE EXECUTED
twelve people were hanged in Iran, in two different cases.